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Reproductive Justice Forum on TFW
Today in TFW, we begin a series of articles about reproductive justice, one of the most urgent issues of our time. Indeed, few issues so...
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Occupy Rape Culture
The Occupy movement has a growing challenge that needs immediate attention: in-house rape. As of today, there are at least 4 reported rapes in Baltimore,...
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Occupy Wall Street Fears an Eviction Notice
According to The Atlantic Wire, Mayor Bloomberg is toying with the idea of evicting the Wall Street Occupy protestors from Zuccotti Park due to recent...
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Asylum Suitcases, Found And Photographed
By Catherine Morrisey-Ribeiro Photographer Jon Crispin was given free reign in the 1980s to go through the countless belongings left behind in New York’s abandoned...
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New Jackie Kennedy tapes offer White House insight
By Catherine Morrisey-Ribeiro Tapes recently released by Caroline Kennedy of her mother, Jacqueline, will be scrutinized and analyzed by historians for years. The tapes give...
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It’s About Time: FBI Begins Process to Redefine Rape
By Ally Karsyn Countless cases of sexual assault are excluded from federal statistics each year. Since 1927, the FBI has been using the same definition...
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Most Americans Think Income Inequality Is A Big Problem: Poll
The wealth gap may pose a real risk to the financial health of the country. Analysts at the International Monetary Fund have warned that the...
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Cain Accuser Got a Year’s Salary in Severance Pay
Breaking News Alert The New York Times Tuesday, November 1, 2011 — 10:04 PM EDT —– The National Restaurant Association gave $35,000 — a year’s...
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Soup Maker for the Masses
By S. Buchalter There was a time, that I was on the front lines or behind the fences, in the dark, at night, climbing over...
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Herman Cain responds to sexual harassment claims with what appears to be a lie
During Herman Cain’s tenure as the head of the National Restaurant Association in the 1990s, at least two female employees complained to colleagues and senior association...
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US cuts off Unesco funding after Palestinian vote
On Monday, the US halted funding for UNESCO after the body voted to grant full membership to the Palestinians. While symbolic, the move clearly angered...
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Court asked to block new Arizona abortion law
By Catherine Morrisey-Ribeiro The Arizona Coalition Against Domestic Violence and ACLU of Arizona are asking the federal court to prevent a new state abortion law from...
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SlutWalk from the Margins
By Destiny Birdsong, Donika Ross, Nafissa Thompson-Spires, and Nikki Spigner On October 2, 2011, in Nashville, Tennessee, hundreds of people gathered for SlutWalk Nashville. Merely one...
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No, You Aren’t Amber Cole’s Father
If you follow events on the intertubes, you may have heard of the sad case of Amber Cole, a 14-year-old girl who was videotaped...
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Study Links New Birth Control Pills, Blood Clots
By Catherine Morrisey-Ribeiro A recent study conducted by the FDA of 880,000 women found that women taking the Yaz birth control pill are 75% more likely...
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Judge approves historic settlement for black farmers
Remember Shirley Sherrod, former Georgia State Director of Rural Development for the United States Department of Agriculture? Back in July 2010 Sherrod was wrongfully fired by...
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Update: Scott Olsen has reportedly regained consciousness
News sources are reporting that Iraq veteran, Scott Olsen, injured in an Oakland police raid earlier this week, has regained consciousness in recovering from a...
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Good and Proper Affect in a Broken World: Heartbrokenness as Feminist Practice
On the night Troy Davis was murdered by the state of Georgia, I watched a girl, who appeared to be about twelve years old, cry....